Apple aims to break India sales record this fiscal amid push to local manufacturing

IANS | September 27, 2026 9:22 AM

New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) As the ‘Make in India’ initiative heralds a new era for electronics manufacturing in the country — Apple, which set a new sales record in India with $10 billion for last fiscal (FY26) — is eying to break the record again this fiscal (FY27), as the new iPhone 18 series is seeing stronger initial demand in India than its predecessors.

US intel flags Saudi nuclear weapons option

IANS | September 27, 2026 8:42 AM

Washington, Sep 27 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has not ruled out developing nuclear weapons, according to a classified US intelligence assessment that has intensified congressional concern over President Donald Trump’s civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Riyadh, The Washington Post reported.

UN urged to prevent crises, not count dead

IANS | September 27, 2026 8:26 AM

United Nations, Sep 27 (IANS) Leaders from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean have urged the United Nations to move beyond responding to wars and humanitarian disasters and invest more heavily in diplomacy that can prevent crises before they erupt.

UNGA targets borderless crime, online scams

IANS | September 27, 2026 8:16 AM

United Nations, Sep 27 (IANS) Cambodia, India and other countries have called for stronger international cooperation against online scam centres, terrorism, trafficking and criminal networks that use technology and cross-border financial systems to operate beyond the reach of individual governments.